Science and Culture Today Discovering Design in Nature
Topic

specified complexity

Lyell_1840
Image: Charles Lyell in 1840, by Alexander Craig, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Outlining Intelligent Design’s Positive Argument

To borrow geologist Charles Lyell’s words, intelligent agency is a cause “now in operation” that can be studied in the world around us. Read More ›
Eugenie Scott
Photo: Eugenie Scott, by Sgerbic, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Eugenie Scott Lecture Resurrects, Spreads Misinformation on Intelligent Design

There often seems to be a subtext to her remarks, as if she were telling her audience: “Go forth and persecute.” Read More ›
Spider-Man
Photo credit: Cristian Bortes / bortescristian, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Spider-Man, the Multiverse, and Intelligent Design

In the new Spider-Man movie, the multiverse not only makes an appearance but plays a crucial role in the plot. Read More ›
test tube
Photo credit: Bill Oxford via Unsplash.

Answering an Objection: “You Can’t Measure Intelligent Design”

We test intelligent design in the same way that we test all historical scientific theories. Read More ›
eye
Photo credit: v2osk via Unsplash.

Recognizing Design by a “Purposeful Arrangement of Parts”

A correspondent asked about “specified complexity” and the intelligent design of the eye. Read More ›
biology
Photo credit: Akin Cakiner, via Unsplash.

Is Fine-Tuning “More Extreme” in Biology or Cosmology?

As authors Thorvaldsen and Hössjer say, “Biology is inherently more complicated than the large-scale universe and so fine-tuning is even more a feature.” Read More ›
editors
Photo credit: Mimi Thian, via Unsplash.

Really? Editors Claim They Were “Unaware” of Article’s Intelligent Design Connections

The implication is that the editors — Denise Kirschner, Mark Chaplain, and Akira Sasaki — did not realize the article was about intelligent design. Read More ›
COVID-19_Nurse-1024x538
Photo credit: US Navy Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Sara Eshleman, via Wikimedia Commons.

What Intelligent Design Research on COVID-19 Would Look Like

Is there evidence for intelligent human agency in COVID-19, given its structure and what is known about its emergence? Read More ›
Swamidass Axe 2

Retirement ≠ Repudiation

My position here hasn’t changed. I’ve beefed up specified complexity and developed it further over the years. Read More ›
Daniel Reeves Teaching at ID Educatin Day
Educational Outreach Coordinator Daniel Reeves welcomes students to ID Education Day.

Information, Specified Complexity, and the Explanatory Filter

Far from being “Gee whiz, that’s complicated; it must be designed!” the theory of ID relies on well-defined concepts. Read More ›

© Discovery Institute